Barnaby'sDad
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For the purpose of counting towards the 100 dive requirement for solo certification courses...do shallow open water dives (ex. Rivers) count towards that total? By shallow...I'm talking ~10'. There's a decent current and the visibility tends to suck, so there is some value in diving there...from the exposure to different diving conditions standpoint.
How does an instructor and/or certification agency look at it? Do they see a diver that completes 40+ minute solo dives in a river at ~10' and count each of them as an open water dive...or do they toss them out if they don't meet a certain depth requirement? ex. 15'+ for 15+ minutes. Thank you.
How does an instructor and/or certification agency look at it? Do they see a diver that completes 40+ minute solo dives in a river at ~10' and count each of them as an open water dive...or do they toss them out if they don't meet a certain depth requirement? ex. 15'+ for 15+ minutes. Thank you.